'We Are the World' was almost in Swahili, Netflix documentary reveals

Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder in We Are the World (1985)

What you need to know:

  • At the fifty-minute and forty-five-second mark, the film captures the legendary Stevie Wonder introducing Swahili words into the song, leaving everyone speechless with the unfamiliar language, "Ulimwangu Latoto." Which intended to translate to ‘sisi ni ulimwengu’.